Kazakhstan Weather Records in 2018

642 weather records set or tied in Kazakhstan in 2018, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Kazakhstan in 2018

642 weather records were set or tied in Kazakhstan in 2018.
301 were record highs and 339 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
5,043 records set in 2018 still stand in Kazakhstan.

Records per Year, by Type

2018 outlined

Records set or tied in Kazakhstan each year from 1911 to 2026, stacked by type. 2018 had 642.

Weather records per year in Kazakhstan, stacked by type, 2018 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1911	0	0	0	0	13	13
1912	0	0	0	0	24	24
1913	0	0	0	0	19	19
1914	0	0	0	0	31	31
1915	0	0	0	0	9	9
1916	0	0	0	0	23	23
1917	0	0	0	0	41	41
1918	0	0	0	0	14	14
1919	0	0	0	0	21	21
1920	0	0	0	0	21	21
1921	0	0	0	0	20	20
1922	0	0	0	0	23	23
1923	0	0	0	0	30	30
1924	0	0	8	5	28	41
1925	0	0	10	12	33	55
1926	0	0	13	11	34	58
1927	0	0	25	22	39	86
1928	0	0	5	29	57	91
1929	0	0	18	49	21	88
1930	0	0	17	14	34	65
1931	0	0	27	22	35	84
1932	0	0	18	14	22	54
1933	0	0	19	28	29	76
1934	0	0	14	34	36	84
1935	0	0	47	28	53	128
1936	0	0	50	35	53	138
1937	0	0	72	58	75	205
1938	0	0	101	70	110	281
1939	0	0	106	77	99	282
1940	0	0	125	80	147	352
1941	0	0	84	81	174	339
1942	7	14	70	71	158	320
1943	57	34	74	73	113	351
1944	88	14	172	62	114	450
1945	19	37	66	65	125	312
1946	52	40	117	74	176	459
1947	95	45	190	91	155	576
1948	102	36	192	83	124	537
1949	61	59	93	122	130	465
1950	58	69	82	135	100	444
1951	131	95	157	149	99	631
1952	131	132	149	113	112	637
1953	100	97	130	112	165	604
1954	64	163	91	198	152	668
1955	188	109	176	123	142	738
1956	88	131	91	75	186	571
1957	153	136	128	91	177	685
1958	118	166	143	108	254	789
1959	93	123	73	73	174	536
1960	63	264	85	159	203	774
1961	215	86	173	63	166	703
1962	272	62	225	31	156	746
1963	259	101	225	94	203	882
1964	68	116	75	88	197	544
1965	169	98	203	65	157	692
1966	284	200	204	137	725	1,550
1967	189	99	140	75	785	1,288
1968	228	197	199	231	950	1,805
1969	146	508	151	454	1,263	2,522
1970	153	142	175	115	1,052	1,637
1971	245	132	308	124	944	1,753
1972	149	263	149	260	945	1,766
1973	156	209	161	109	1,122	1,757
1974	239	148	230	121	777	1,515
1975	332	69	315	100	739	1,555
1976	176	350	196	283	931	1,936
1977	235	99	291	47	945	1,617
1978	185	149	209	111	1,194	1,848
1979	247	138	261	106	1,222	1,974
1980	167	108	195	144	1,110	1,724
1981	183	90	264	31	1,399	1,967
1982	238	105	254	45	1,064	1,706
1983	257	62	344	54	1,147	1,864
1984	128	132	170	115	891	1,436
1985	80	95	108	72	1,139	1,494
1986	117	94	158	63	1,195	1,627
1987	154	218	233	149	1,730	2,484
1988	161	57	207	35	1,207	1,667
1989	124	83	254	64	1,382	1,907
1990	221	38	293	11	1,388	1,951
1991	247	50	235	43	1,176	1,751
1992	97	191	115	95	402	900
1993	134	273	170	174	452	1,203
1994	144	192	167	115	424	1,042
1995	340	81	310	36	154	921
1996	163	146	157	84	148	698
1997	374	97	369	91	135	1,066
1998	278	144	272	122	132	948
1999	429	196	301	125	163	1,214
2000	270	119	236	54	155	834
2001	449	109	394	60	125	1,137
2002	667	191	628	117	128	1,731
2003	326	184	307	108	130	1,055
2004	586	127	421	60	116	1,310
2005	432	182	348	36	90	1,088
2006	627	313	358	141	3	1,442
2007	594	153	208	54	6	1,015
2008	961	225	267	98	0	1,551
2009	172	175	142	84	1	574
2010	667	217	259	84	1	1,228
2011	274	254	130	113	0	771
2012	662	348	292	127	1	1,430
2013	474	109	270	43	0	896
2014	443	352	214	264	1	1,274
2015	434	175	337	139	0	1,085
2016	382	249	351	123	0	1,105
2017	357	126	202	84	2	771
2018	185	191	116	148	2	642
2019	421	159	246	151	2	979
2020	669	137	364	123	1	1,294
2021	701	201	366	161	4	1,433
2022	533	153	323	130	3	1,142
2023	860	180	521	117	4	1,682
2024	331	145	271	66	0	813
2025	496	103	1,410	28	0	2,037
2026	194	116	1,207	24	3	1,544

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Kazakhstan: 1920s 0.6 to 1, 1930s 1.2 to 1, 1940s 1.6 to 1, 1950s 1.0 to 1, 1960s 1.2 to 1, 1970s 1.4 to 1, 1980s 2.1 to 1, 1990s 2.1 to 1, 2000s 3.3 to 1, 2010s 2.0 to 1, 2020s 4.9 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Kazakhstan, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1920s	0.61 to 1
1930s	1.24 to 1
1940s	1.55 to 1
1950s	0.98 to 1
1960s	1.15 to 1
1970s	1.44 to 1
1980s	2.09 to 1
1990s	2.10 to 1
2000s	3.26 to 1
2010s	1.95 to 1
2020s	4.92 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2018: 5,043

Records still standing in Kazakhstan by the year they were set. 5,043 of them were set in 2018.

Standing records in Kazakhstan by the year they were set, 2018 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1881	11
1882	12
1883	12
1884	8
1885	14
1886	16
1887	12
1888	11
1889	3
1890	9
1891	46
1892	51
1893	43
1894	32
1895	37
1896	77
1897	38
1898	87
1899	44
1900	58
1901	142
1902	110
1903	110
1904	159
1905	179
1906	162
1907	145
1908	135
1909	223
1910	143
1911	237
1912	198
1913	134
1914	211
1915	166
1916	223
1917	239
1918	92
1919	137
1920	99
1921	72
1922	79
1923	103
1924	96
1925	163
1926	236
1927	299
1928	318
1929	409
1930	329
1931	405
1932	180
1933	277
1934	500
1935	325
1936	953
1937	910
1938	945
1939	815
1940	1,163
1941	1,122
1942	980
1943	883
1944	758
1945	776
1946	1,205
1947	1,216
1948	1,056
1949	1,357
1950	1,167
1951	1,322
1952	1,695
1953	1,890
1954	2,132
1955	2,299
1956	1,771
1957	2,149
1958	2,741
1959	3,895
1960	6,048
1961	3,558
1962	3,521
1963	3,952
1964	2,643
1965	2,263
1966	3,201
1967	2,371
1968	2,776
1969	7,320
1970	4,511
1971	3,368
1972	2,229
1973	4,815
1974	5,718
1975	7,478
1976	11,521
1977	7,680
1978	8,577
1979	8,631
1980	6,610
1981	8,444
1982	5,223
1983	4,858
1984	4,629
1985	4,983
1986	4,313
1987	8,016
1988	7,611
1989	6,889
1990	4,845
1991	4,150
1992	2,688
1993	5,170
1994	5,257
1995	2,427
1996	1,945
1997	2,017
1998	1,772
1999	2,126
2000	1,754
2001	2,112
2002	2,740
2003	1,989
2004	1,929
2005	1,674
2006	2,264
2007	1,803
2008	2,027
2009	1,230
2010	2,089
2011	1,395
2012	2,139
2013	1,401
2014	2,201
2015	1,588
2016	1,936
2017	1,279
2018	5,043
2019	7,519
2020	8,957
2021	8,801
2022	7,308
2023	8,616
2024	6,188
2025	39,321
2026	19,218

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).